For the seventh year in a row, the Breeders’ Cup will be featured in a hard-core handicappers episode of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod. Hear Horse Racing Nation’s Mark Midland and Ed DeRosa and DK Horse’s Johnny Avello analyze all 14 races with advice on who and how to bet. The Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation is available via free subscription from Apple, Google and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Thursday, October 26, 2023
S7E1: 6th anniversary celebration is ... iron?
The Breeders’ Cup is the main topic this week to start the seventh season of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.
Hall of Famer Mike Smith, who has ridden more Breeders’ Cup winners than any other jockey, talks about his mounts in next week’s championships.
FanDuel TV’s Joaquin Jaime offers analysis of some of the 205 horses who were pre-entered this week for the races at Santa Anita.
Paddock Prince handicapper David Levitch has tips on the graded stakes this week at Keeneland and Belmont at Aqueduct as well as an advance look at his angles for the Breeders’ Cup.
Listener and reader feedback is focused on the retirement of Eclipse Award winner Forte.
The Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation is available via free subscription from Apple, Google and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.
Thursday, October 19, 2023
S6E57: Breeders’ Cup, British Champions & home cooking
From Keeneland to British Champions day to the Breeders’ Cup, important autumn races are the focus of this week’s Ron Flatter Racing Pod.
Trainer Brendan Walsh talks about Pretty Mischievous and his other contenders for next month’s championship races at Santa Anita.
Racing Post turf writer Maddy Playle checks in from England to provide insight into the season-ending card at Ascot, including the Queen Elizabeth Stakes and British Champion Stakes, the last win-and-you’re-in races for the Breeders’ Cup Mile and Turf.
Horse Racing Nation’s Ed DeRosa handicaps weekend races at Keeneland, including the Grade 2 Raven Run and the Perryville Stakes.
Listener and reader feedback is focused on jockey Frankie Dettori’s decision to postpone his retirement from racing.
The Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation is available via free subscription from Apple, Google and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.
Thursday, October 12, 2023
S6E56: 3 continents, 14 time zones
Three continents are spanned on one episode with this week’s Ron Flatter Racing Pod.
Flying to the U.S. to ride Mawj in the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland, three-time U.K.-champion jockey Oisín Murphy discusses the race and his possibilities for the Breeders’ Cup next month at Santa Anita.
At $12.8 million, The Everest is the richest turf race in the world, and it will be run this weekend in Australia. That is where RSN927’s Matt Stewart, who has spent 30 years covering racing, offers a preview of that feature in Sydney as well as the big races in the Melbourne Spring Carnival during the coming weeks.
Paddock Prince tips come from David Levitch, who focuses on the late Pick 4 on Saturday at Keeneland. The QEII will be among the races he handicaps.
Listener and reader feedback focuses on Keeneland and the changing of the guard in the older-females division from Nest to Idiomatic.
The Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation is available via free subscription from Apple, Google and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.
Thursday, October 5, 2023
S6E55: Keeneland is lovely in the fall
Fifteen races will bring the Breeders’ Cup qualifiers in the U.S. to a climax this week, and they are the focus of this week’s Ron Flatter Racing Pod, which originates from Keeneland.
FanDuel TV’s Scott Hazelton is based this month at the Kentucky track, where he looks at the Breeders’ Cup divisions and specifics on some of the big races this weekend.
Larry Demeritte is one of the first Black trainers to have won a Kentucky Derby prep. He and West Saratoga, who finished first last month in the Iroquois (G3), try to go one better this weekend in the Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland.
Horse Racing Nation’s Mark Midland handicaps some of the weekend races that he expects may yield big profits, and listener and reader feedback focuses on the ever-changing landscape of racing coverage.
The Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation is available via free subscription from Apple, Google and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.
Thursday, September 28, 2023
S6E54: Get your passport for this episode
Breeders’ Cup win-and-you’re-in races go from California through Kentucky and New York and all the way to Europe. They are the focus of this week’s episode of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.
From Paris, Racing Post turf writer Scott Burton previews the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and four other Breeders’ Cup qualifiers being run Sunday on the undercard.
Godolphin bloodstock director Michael Banahan talks about Cody’s Wish in the Vosburgh Stakes and the immediate plans this fall for him, Pretty Mischievous, Proxy and other standouts.
Super Screener creator Mike Shutty handicaps weekend races at Belmont at Aqueduct, Santa Anita and a Breeders’ Cup qualifier at Churchill Downs.
Listener and reader feedback focuses on five ways racing is ahead of other sports and another five ways that it is not.
The Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation is available via free subscription from Apple, Google and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.
Thursday, September 21, 2023
S6E53: Under my umbrella at the Penn Derby
What may be a rainy renewal of the Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby is the highlight of this week’s Ron Flatter Racing Pod.
Track announcer Jessica Paquette previews the $1 million race and talks about her groundbreaking year at Parx Racing.
Jockey Florent Géroux talks about his ride on Saudi Crown in the Penn Derby as well as his other stakes mounts on the undercard.
Handicapper Ed DeRosa has tips not only for the big races at Parx but also the Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park.
Listener feedback is focused on the calls to replace racing and playing surfaces that are widely regarded as unsafe in their sports.
The Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation is available via free subscription from Apple, Google and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.
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